Adweek.com just covered Domain Holdings new ad exchange Bidtellect and the company's new CEO Lon Otremba who previously ran the social gaming firm Tylted. "Bidtellect is the brainchild of John Ferber, who along with his brother Scott co-founded Advertising.com in 2004." "Otremba and Ferber said they've built a new tech platform that can help brands buy native ads in an automated fashion, at … [Read more...]
Survey: Internet Trolls are Sadists
CNN did a story on Internet trolls and whether or not they are psychopaths. The story looked at what is behind the trolling and if there is pleasure gained in such activity. From the article -- If you've ever complained that the trolls junking up online comment sections are a bunch of sadistic psychopaths, you might be onto something. An online survey by a group of Canadian researchers … [Read more...]
Go Daddy/Afternic Weekly Sales total $1.9 Million
Go Daddy/Afternic Sales totalled $1,965,970 Radiant.org was the top sale for the week at $23,000, .org also took number two with trees.org at $18,500. 3 names were tied for first place in .com, Teacha.com,PropertyCapital.com and AspireTechnology.com all sold for $15,000. .COM … [Read more...]
Infographic “Beginner’s Guide To Domain Auctions”
Who Is Hosting This put together an infographic that is a primer on domain auctions that may be helpful to send to clients or prospects who don't really understand domain auctions. (click to enlarge) … [Read more...]
ICANN Opens Up Comment Period On Inconsistent Decisions On CAR/.CARS and .CAM/.COM
ICANN has just opened up a comment period "to solicit community input regarding a proposed review mechanism to address perceived inconsistent Expert Determinations in the String Confusion Objection process in the New gTLD Program" The comment period is limited to the Expert Determinations made on String Confusion objections for .CAR/.CARS and .CAM/.COM. The comment period closes on March 11, … [Read more...]
1st UDRP Over New gTLD Domain, As Canyon Bicycles Gmbh Files Over Canyon.Bike
Canyon Bicycles GmbH has filed what appears to be the first UDRP on a new gTLD domain name Canyon.bike The domain name was registered on February 5th under privacy at Godaddy.com Although this marks the first new gTLD domain name hit with a UDRP, IBM filed either a UDRP or a URS a few days ago on the domain names IBM.Guru and IBM.Ventures It appears that as we have chatted about while … [Read more...]
Sedo Transactions Total $1.7 Million
793 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.7 Million 48% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · Top .coms: cornerstonehomes.com at 150,000 USD · Top ccTLD: gentz.de at 10,000 EUR · Top “other” TLD: nxt.org at 10,000 EUR Domain … [Read more...]